Maidan metro station
Maidan is a station of the Kolkata Metro.[1][2][3] The station is located on Jawaharlal Nehru Road at Middleton Street. It is named after the Maidan, the largest urban park in Kolkata, which lies on the west side of Jawaharlal Nehru Road.
![]() Maidan | |||||||||||
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Kolkata Metro station | |||||||||||
![]() Maidan metro station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Middleton St, Chowringhee Road Kolkata, West Bengal 700071 | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 22.549368°N 88.349061°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Kolkata Metro | ||||||||||
Platforms | Island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Underground, Double-track | ||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes ![]() | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | KMDI | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 24 October 1984 | ||||||||||
Electrified | 750 V DC Third Rail | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Location | |||||||||||
![]() ![]() Maidan Location within Kolkata |
History
The station
Structure
Maidan is an underground metro station, situated on the Kolkata Metro Line 1 of Kolkata Metro.
Layout
Island platform | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Two tracks and one island platform |
Station layout
Maidan track layout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station with two tracks and one Island platform |
G | Street Level | Exit/ Entrance |
M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops |
P | Southbound | Towards → Kavi Subhash next station is Rabindra Sadan |
Island platform, doors will open on the right ![]() | ||
Northbound | Towards ← Dakshineshwar next station is Park Street |
See also
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
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External links
Kolkata/South travel guide from Wikivoyage
Kolkata/Maidan travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Official Website for line 1
- UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
- Google. "Maidan station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.
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